2001 Ballon d'Or

2001 Ballon d'Or
2001 Ballon d'Or winner Michael Owen in 2007
Date18 December 2001
Presented byFrance Football
Highlights
Won by Michael Owen (1st award)
Websitefrancefootball.fr/ballon-d-or

The 2001 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to Michael Owen on 18 December 2001. On 12 November 2001, the shortlist of 50 male players compiled by a group of experts from France Football was announced.

Owen was the fourth English national to win the award after Stanley Matthews (1956), Bobby Charlton (1966) and Kevin Keegan (1978, 1979).

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